By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else.

  • -- Solomon Schechter 谢克特

我所说的粗俗,是指文明的罪恶,它使人为自己和近亲感到羞耻,并假扮成另一个人。

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A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.

文明是一种信仰、习俗和知识的遗产,在几个世纪的过程中慢慢积累起来,这些元素有时很难用逻辑来证明,但当它们指向某个地方时,就会证明自己是正确的路径,因为它们为人类打开了内心的距离。

A dialogue among civilizations can be seen as a dialogue between the individual and the universal.

文明之间的对话可以看作是个人与世界之间的对话。